Bird Outings are meant to be a casual, local morning of birding. They are a great time to enjoy birds with others and find new areas to visit. You can work on bird identification by sight and sound. It’s also an opportunity to practice your eBird app with help when needed. These outings are easy to join or leave at any time during the morning. You don’t have to commit to the entire walk if you have limited energy, ability, or time. All are welcome!
First-of-Month Bird Walks
First-of-month Bird Walks are on Summer Break! Check back here for updates on our next First-of Month Bird Walk in September.
Birding-in-Place: Accessible & Inclusive Outing
Mid-July – Location TBD
Meeting time and Registration Details: Coming Soon!
We are planning a stationary birding event for some time in mid to late July with accessibility in mind. We’re still working out the details, so check back here for more information soon!
Let’s Go Birding Together:
Battle Ground Pride Festival
Saturday, August 1st – Battle Ground, WA
Meeting time and Registration Details: Coming Soon!
Vancouver Audubon will be leading a guided bird walk at the Battle Ground Pride Festival! Let’s Go Birding Together walks are for everyone who loves birds and the outdoors. We welcome those who identify as LGBTQ, allies, families, and anyone who wants to enjoy an outdoor experience that is inclusive.
Field Trips:
Field Trips are birding events that step outside of our immediate local area to explore biomes and target species that we might not be able to find at home. These events tend to involve increased travel and time commitments, lasting anywhere from half a day to multiple overnights throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Summer Solstice Picnic
Monday, June 22 – Yacolt Burn State Forest
Leaders: Randy Hill
Register: Email Randy at randy.hill.98642@gmail.com
Meeting Location: Yacolt Burn State Forest L-1300 Roadside (45.760335, -122.326121)
The Vancouver Audubon Solstice Picnic is an informal gathering on a roadside in the Yacolt Burn State Forest. Join us in the evening as we watch the skies for Common Nighthawks swooping and diving in the dimming light above us. Several songbirds and flycatchers are present as well, and there is always the potential for owls as darkness sets.
Turn left (west) at the L-1300 Road junction with the L-1000 Road. This is the Cold Creek campground turnoff approximately 2 miles north of the (now closed) Larch Mountain Correctional Facility where pavement turns to gravel. Stay as long as you want to enjoy constellations, planets and more satellites than you’d think where city light effects are diminished. No limit of participants, although roadside pullouts are limited. Rocky road conditions vary but accessible to most low clearance vehicles along a dusty road.
Please review the current VAS Guidelines and Waiver before registering for a trip.
Safety is a primary concern for Vancouver Audubon, and we ask anyone who is feeling unwell or who has had contact with someone diagnosed with COVID-19* or other contagious health issues to stay at home until the risk for infection has passed. However, no public activity can be 100 percent safe. By participating, you accept the risk that you may come into contact with pathogens, including the COVID-19 virus.
For all field trips or other outdoor activities, Vancouver Audubon
requires:
– Participants wishing to carpool must be fully vaccinated**.
– Participants must be fully vaccinated to view through the leader’s or other participant’s spotting scope.
– Field trip leaders have the option of requiring all participants be fully vaccinated for their trips.
*Symptoms include: fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, headache, new loss of taste or smell, sore throat, congestion or runny nose, nausea or vomiting, diarrhea.
**Vancouver Audubon defines “fully vaccinated” as two full weeks beyond your final COVID-19 vaccine. Each year a new variant vaccine is available and is highly encouraged.
Field trip registration and cancellations:
All field trips, unless otherwise indicated, require pre-registration. This simply involves contacting the leader or person indicated on the announcements, and supplying email address and cellphone #. Vancouver Audubon expects all registrants to attend, so please contact the leader with any cancellations. Some trips may have a wait list, so please be considerate and contact the leader as soon as possible if you have to miss the trip for any reason.
Carpooling:
Vancouver Audubon wants to be sure we conserve as much as possible (including using fuel efficient vehicles), so any field trip that includes some driving will be a carpooling trip unless otherwise indicated. Carpooling is generally arranged at the designated meeting location, but can be arranged in advance for multiple pick-up locations.
Please remember to pay your driver! The recommended amount is $0.30/mile divided by the number of passengers in the vehicle.
Leaders should keep track of mileage and let participants know the total for the field trip.
